Sumy region

Sumy region is located in the north-east of Ukraine. In the north and east, the region borders on the Bryansk , Kursk and Belgorod regions of Russia - the length of the state border with Russia is 298 km. At the border there are three checkpoints of railway transport ( Volfino , Pushkarnoye , Zernovo ) and five - automobile ( Bachevsk , Katerinovka , Ryzhevka , Yunakovka , Great Pisarevka ). In the south, east and west it borders with the Kharkov , Poltava and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine. The distance from the regional center to the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, is 350 km.

The region is located in the north-eastern part of Left-Bank Ukraine .

The rivers of the Sumy region belong to the Dnieper basin and for the most part are its left tributaries. The most significant of them are Desna , Sejm , Sula , Psel , Vorskla . In the river valleys there are numerous old lakes and swamps; many artificial ponds. The highest point of the region (246.4 m).

Sumy region was formed on the basis of the Sumy county , previously part of the Kharkov province , after the abolition of the latter in 1923.

The territory of the Sumy region belongs to the historical region of Slobozhanshchina , the ancient history of which originates in the distant past.

In the 7th – 10th centuries, part of the future Sumy region was part of the Khazar Khaganate (see Bititsky fortification ). The Novotroitsk ancient settlement of the 8th – 9th centuries belonged to representatives of the Romance-Borshchev culture ( northerners ). Near the village of Zelyony Gai is the largest of the necropolis that has survived in Eastern Europe, consisting of 14 groups, which include about 2500 embankments ^[5] .

In the XIII century, this territory was invaded by the Horde . For a long time, the territory remained sparsely populated. Only at the end of the 15th century did peasants appear here. From the middle of the XVII century, the mass settlement of the region began. In 1765, the Sloboda-Ukrainian province was created, in 1780 the Sloboda-Ukrainian province was transformed into the Kharkov governorate , the center of which was Kharkov . In 1796, the Sloboda-Ukrainian province , which was named Kharkov in 1835, was recreated at the place of governorship.

In June 1925, all the provinces of the Ukrainian SSR were abolished and replaced by smaller districts . Along with others, there was a Kharkov district . On February 27, 1932, when regional division was introduced in Ukraine, the Kharkov region appeared on the map of the Ukrainian SSR. At first, it also noticeably exceeded the area of ​​the same name in modern Ukraine and subsequently doubled twice due to the newly created administrative-territorial units. The Kharkiv region took on a modern shape only after the Poltava region was established on its western territory on September 22, 1937, and Sumy was established on January 10, 1939 in the northwestern borders.

The population of the region according to the State Statistics Service as of September 1, 2013 amounted to 1,137,069 people, including the urban population of 772,517 people (67.94%), the rural population of 364,552 people (32.06%). The resident population is 1,134,877 people, including the urban population of 768,062 people (67.67%), the rural population 366,815 people (32.33%). Demographic indicators (per 1000 people): birth rate 9.0, mortality 16.9, natural increase —7.9. In 2012, 11,093 people were born in the region, 19,002 people died, also 76 children died before the age of 1 year in 2012, in the same year 6343 people moved to the region for permanent residence, and 7518 people left the region. Mortality exceeds the birth rate by 7909 people (2012), and the number of people who left the region exceeds those who arrived by 1175 people, in 2012 the population of the region decreased by 9084 people (87.06% due to the dead, 12.94% due to those who left). The population of the region since its inception (1939) has been constantly decreasing on average by 7.7 thousand people a year. In 2013, 570 164 people lived in the region less than in 1939.

The dynamics of the population by years in thousands of people:

The administrative center of Sumy region is the city of Sumy .

The number of administrative units, councils and settlements of the region: ^[1]

• districts - 18;
• districts in cities - 2;
• settlements - 1493, including:
  • rural - 1458;
  • urban - 35, including:
    • urban-type settlements - 20;
    • 15 cities, including:
      • cities of regional significance - 7;
      • cities of regional significance - 8;
• village councils - 384.

Local self-government in the region is carried out by the Sumy Regional Council, executive power is carried out by the regional state administration. The head of the region is the chairman of the regional state administration appointed by the President of Ukraine .

Area Heads

Ukrainian SSR

• 1939-1939 - Weaver, Yakov Nikitovich
• 1939-1941 - Cherepin, Tikhon Korneevich
• 1943-1945 - Chuchukalo, Vasily Danilovich
• 1945-1950 - Ivanov, Ilya Ivanovich
• 1950-1953 - Kondratenko, Andrey Pavlovich
• 1953-1955 - Komyakhov, Vasily Grigoryevich
• 1955-1963 - Naumenko, Andrei Mikhailovich
• 1964-1967 - Voltovsky, Boris Iovlevich
• 1967-1975 - Ischenko, Alexander Ivanovich
• 1975-1988 - Grintsov, Ivan Grigorievich
• 1988-1991 - Shevchenko, Vladimir Antonovich

Ukraine

• 1992-1998 - Epifanov Anatoly Alexandrovich
• 1998-1999 - Berfman Mark Abramovich
• 1999-2002 - Shcherban Vladimir Petrovich
• 2002 - Zharkov Yuri Vasilievich
• 2002-2005 - Shcherban Vladimir Petrovich
• 2005 - Lavrik Nikolay Ivanovich
• 2005-2006 - Garkavaya Nina Nikolaevna
• 2006 - Vladimir Sapsay
• 2006-2008 - Kachur Pavel Stepanovich
• 2008-2010 - Lavrik Nikolay Ivanovich
• 2010-2013 - Chmyr Yuri Pavlovich
• 2013-2014 - Yagovdik Igor Alexandrovich
• 2014 - Shulga Vladimir Petrovich ^[6]
• 2014 - n. at. - Klochko Nikolay Alekseevich

Neighborhoods

Sumy region consists of 18 districts:

Cities

Map Legend:

According to the materials of the Committee of Statistics of Ukraine (Ukrainian) and the Main Directorate of Statistics in the Sumy Region (Ukrainian) .

Euroregion "Yaroslavna" was formed between the Sumy and Kursk ( Russia ) regions on April 24, 2007 ^[12] . Euroregion "Yaroslavna" became the third Ukrainian Euroregion created on the Ukrainian-Russian border. Earlier, in 2003, the Euroregions Dnepr and Slobozhanshchina were created.

During the existence of the Euroregion , positive results have been achieved in foreign trade, cooperation at the level of cities and regions, education, culture, sports, tourism, youth, and the development of border infrastructure. The Council and the Secretariat of the Euroregion, an inter-parliamentary working group on cross-border cooperation were created, the Euroregion became a member of the Association of European Border Regions ^[13] as a full member, the annual exhibition-fair Euroregion "Yaroslavna" was organized, and 17 joint programs of cross-border cooperation in the field of energy conservation were developed, ecology, demography, culture, information, youth sphere. So, from 2007 to 2012, 68 general events were held.

The foreign trade turnover of the Sumy region with the Kursk region within the framework of the Euroregion "Yaroslavna" amounted to:

• 2007 - $ 21.3 million
• 2008 - $ 22.4 million
• 2009 - $ 32.4 million
• 2010 - $ 41 million
• 2011 - $ 46 million
• 9 months of 2012 - $ 40 million USA.

Today, within the framework of the Euroregion "Yaroslavna", there are implemented: 14 agreements and protocols on cooperation at the level of cities and regions, 6 protocols on the establishment of twinning relations between the village councils of Sumy and Kursk regions.

• The official website of the regional administration of Sumy region
• Official site of Sumy Regional Council
• The official site of Sumy city council
• WEB-cameras of the city of Sumy
• Car numbers of the Sumy region of the Ukrainian SSR
• Sumy region. A Handbook on the History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898-1991
• Website of the Association of European Border Regions
• Website of the Assembly of European Regions